Strategy and Planning Manager

Job Introduction

As a Strategy and Planning Manager, you will be welcomed into a dynamic and inclusive Strategy team working on the IOPCs business planning process. The IOPC is on a journey to develop its culture, perspectives and ethos to support the organisations core outcomes and this is your opportunity to enter into the varied world of IOPC Strategy allowing you to develop your mindset and approaches to contribute to improving the police complaints system in England and Wales.

The Strategy And Planning Manager Is Responsible For:

• Managing the IOPCs annual business planning process, ensuring plans are affordable, deliverable and aligned to the organisations strategy.
• Leading efficiency and investment planning across the organisation, ensuring the production of robust and deliverable plans for improving the efficiency of the organisation and identifying where the organisation wants to invest.
• Providing and maintaining a process for effectively managing in-year changes to agreed business plans.
• Leading in the Strategy and Planning team and managing the Strategy and Planning Officer(s).
• Supporting the planning and delivery of elements to improve the strategic maturity of the organisation.

The Strategy and Planning Manager leads within the Strategy and Planning team and manages the staff within the team. The Strategy Unit leads on the development of the strategic direction for the organisation, ensuring we answer, are we are doing the right things? to deliver our mission through understanding the capabilities we need and planning how we deliver on the success we have stated. We ensure our strategic maturity improves and report on the progress of delivery against the Strategy to enable effective decision making to answer are we doing them right?

We’ll assess you against these Senior Executive Officer (SEO) Level behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

This vacancy is using Success Profiles. Throughout the recruitment process we will also assess your Experience, Strengths, Technical skills and IOPC Values. As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete 4 sift questions based on the essential criteria.

Anticipated assessment and interview dates are Late March/Early April.

*We reserve the right to close this advert early if a high number of applications is received.*

Main Responsibilities:

• Maintain a sound understanding of the context in which the IOPC operates and ensure intelligence from its own work and work across the police complaints system informs planning activity.
• Interact with finance to produce annual budgets to ensure that annual plans are deliverable and appropriately resourced.
• Identify future financial pressures and investment opportunities that will affect our budget.
• Ensure resources are dedicated where needed through the in-year change process.
• Ensure there is a collaborative approach to strategic financial planning.
• Work collaboratively with the Performance team to ensure that measures are agreed as part of the Business Plan.
• Produce the IOPCs annual business plan documents, ensuring plans are effectively communicated to internal and external stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Continuously improve the planning processes to increase the organisations strategic maturity, identifying innovative solutions to problems to ensure they continue to meet the needs of the business and follows best practice.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with senior managers and Directors to provide advice, challenge and guidance across all planning activity.
• Analyse information to provide support and advice to the DG, Management Board and Unitary Board to ensure plans are robust, deliverable and strategically aligned to enable them to make effective decisions.
• Lead the Strategy and Planning team and manage, develop and oversee the work of the Strategy and Planning Officer(s) to ensure delivery of the teams objectives and improve the organisations strategic maturity.
• Support the delivery of new strategic plans and other strategic planning activity, as required, influencing their development direction.
• Deputise for the Strategy Unit Lead when necessary and provide support on the functioning of the Strategy Unit and the planning of activity to improve our strategic maturity.
• Work flexibly to support the work of the Strategy, Policy and Impact directorate to ensure it continues to meet its objectives.
• Act as a representative of the Strategy, Policy and Impact directorate, providing leadership and supporting engagement activity across the organisation as required.

The Ideal Candidate
Essential Experience:

• Experience in leading business and financial planning processes.
• Ability to think strategically to see the bigger picture.
• Knowledge of strategic planning processes and models.
• Knowledge and experience of change control processes and ability to identify how to resources effectively.
• Developing and drafting strategic plans.
• Developing and maintaining effective relationships with a variety of internal stakeholders including the DG, DDGs and Directors (Senior leaders).
• Working collaboratively with key teams in these processes ie Finance, communications and the performance team.
• Providing advice and challenge to and influencing more senior colleagues.
• Excellent administration and co-ordination skills.
• Using persuasion, negotiating and influencing skills to develop and maintain good relationships with senior customers / stakeholders.
• Analysing complex issues and problems and ability to clearly communicate them orally and in writing and make recommendations to get effective decisions to solve these.
• Staff management and team building.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of project methodology (Prince 2) desirable.

The role requires clearance to BPSS.
Reasonable Adjustments:

The IOPC Is a Diverse And Inclusive Workplace And We Want To Help You Demonstrate Your Full Potential Whatever Type Of Assessment Is Used. We Are Open To Providing You With The Tools You Need To Succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, please email.

About The Company:

As a completely independent organisation, the IOPC seeks to uphold the rights of the public and investigate the most serious matters, including deaths following police contact, to promote learning and influence change in policing. The IOPC is an organisation steeped in history, influenced by significant figures such as Stephen Lawrence and Sir William Macpherson. We are looking for people to uphold our core values, and in return we will give you a supportive and inclusive work environment to flourish in.

Be yourself:

The IOPC is committed to promoting equality and valuing diversity in everything we do. Our vision is to be, and to be seen as, a leader in inclusive employment and services, demonstrating this ethos in everything that we do.

• As a silver standard Stonewall employer, we continue to commit to being a LGBTQ+ employer through the work of our Pride LGBTQ+ Staff Network, creating welcoming environments for lesbian, gay, bi and queer people.
• We are pleased to share that we are a signatory of the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. The Charter is composed of five calls to action for leaders and organisations across all sectors.
• Being a Disability Confident employer, the IOPC is dedicated to removing the barriers for disabled people to thrive in the workplace.
• Our Staff Networks are constantly working to make the IOPC the leaders of inclusive employment, from our Allyship Programme to Welsh Language Standards and our Know the Line Policy, we are constantly seeking new ways to create an environment for all to develop and thrive.

Package Description:

• 27.5 days paid annual leave (increasing with service to 32.5 days).
• Options to carry over, buy or sell annual leave.
• Civil Service pension.
• Civil Service maternity leave package.
• PAM employee assistance programme.
• Access to Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) membership.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Opportunity to enjoy the latest home and electronics in a more affordable way provided by Vivup.
• Car Leasing Scheme.
• Staff networks focused on each of the protected characteristics run for staff, by staff: Enable Network, Welsh Network, Pride and LGBTQI+ Network, Sex and Family Network, Race, Religion and Belief Network.
• Learning and development tailored to your role. An environment with flexible working options. A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity behaviours.

Additional Information:

The IOPC is not eligible to participate in the Civil Service transfer process, therefore successful candidates will not be able to transfer to the IOPC on their existing terms and conditions. The IOPC does not participate in the UK Visa Sponsorship Scheme therefore, candidates will have to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK if offered a role with us. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, therefore a standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be carried out for the successful candidate during the pre-employment process.

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